Portable grain-dump.



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PORTABLE GRAIN DUMP.

(Application Sled May 21. 1900.)-

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JOSEPH D. BIRKY, OF HOPEDALE, ILLINOIS.

PORTABLE GRAIN-DUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,059. dated January 29, 1901.

Application led May 2l, 1900. Serial No. 17,382. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: platform intermediate the side sills 16 and Be it known that I, JOSEPH D. BIRKY, a 16ad and is hinged to the rigid block 19 by a citizen of the United States, residing at Hopehinge 20, so that the bent portion of the transdale, in the county of Tazewell and State of versely-arranged rock-shaft 21 can be oper- 55 Illinois, have invented new and useful Imated by the handle 22 thereof to raise the free provements in Portable Grain -Dumps, of end of the arm 18 and throw the cross-head 23 which the following is a specification. in engagement with the front axle of the This invention relates to portable grainwagon to preventthe same from running down dumps; and the object is to provide a device the incline of the platform when in an ele- 6o 1o of the character described adapted to elevate vated position. g

a wagon or car to a predetermined height, so Two sets of parallel standards (designated that the contents thereof may be convenby the reference-numerals 24 and 25) are piviently conveyed by gravity to a receptacle otally connected to the runners 1 and 2 and jprovided for its reception. to the platform to support the same in an 65 15 To this end the invention consists in the elevated position, as shown in Fig. 2. The novelparts and peculiar combination of parts, standards are connected by a plurality of all of which will be specifically described transverse strips 26, over which the wagon hereinafter, pointed out in the claims, and will pass when being conveyed to the platillustrated in the drawings, in whichform 15. zo Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hoist and The upwardly -projecting arm 26 on the dump constructed in accordance with myinplatform 15 is for the purpose of supporting vention and adapted to receive the wagon or the tongue of the wagon in an obvious mancar. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal secner. In order to provide a simple and effitional view of the same, illustrating the hoist cient means for elevating this platform, I pro- 25 in its elevated position. Fig. 3 is a top plan vide pulleys 27 on the vertical beams 6 and view of the device in the position shown in 7, over which pass ropes or cables 28, con- Fig. 1. Fig. 4is arear view thereof, and Fig. nected at one end to the platform 15 in any 5 is a similar view ofthe supporting-platform suitable manner. It will of course be underon an enlarged scale. stood that any suitable power can be applied 8o 5o The reference-numerals 1 and 2 designate to the free ends of the cables for raising the two sills or runners connected by the crossstandards 24 and 25 to a vertical position. beam 3, on which are the supporting-stand- The pivoted latch-arm 29 on the standard ards 4. These sills or runners are also con- 6 is provided for engagement with a link or nected by a plurality of transverse slats 5, latch strike 30 on the platform 15 and de- 85 35 which form a flooring upon which the team pending from the sills 16 to retain the same will be driven in carrying out the purpose of in a raised position; but said latch-arm can the invention. be thrown out of engagement with its strike 6 and 7 designate two vertical beams apfrom below bypulling upon the cord or rope proximately parallel, which project from the 31 to which it is connected and whereby the 9o 4o runners near the rea-r end thereof and are platform may be lowered through the medium suitably braced by the struts 8 and 9 and the of the cord 28. cross-beams 10 and 1l. 32 designates an auxiliary sled having run- Oppositely-inclined chutes 12 and 13 are ,ners 33, vertical standards 34, and an inclined suitablysupported upon the respective beams door 35. This sled willin practice be posi- 4.5 6 and 7, into which the pivoted trough 14, tioned a suitable distance away from the also carried by said beams, is adapted to alhoist or dump per se, so that when the platternately empty. form 15 is lowered to receive the wagon the The wagon or car elevating platform 15 rear end of said platform will rest upon the comprises two parallel beams or sills 16 and cross-beam 36 of said sled and its front end 10o 5o 16a, on which are secured the iiooring-strips will rest upon the supporting-standards 4, as

17. A checking-arm 18 is positioned on this clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

ATENT Enron.

To enable the operator to readily gain access to the platform 15 when the same is in its elevated position, I provide a strip 37, of suitable material, parallel with the beam 6, and connect the same by a plurality of ladder-rounds 3S, which reach a point opposite to the position assumed bythe said platform.

The mode of operation is as follows: Supposing the device to be in its normal position, as snown in Fig. l, the wagon is hauled over the Hooi-ing made by arranging the slats 26 in the manner described and onto the platform l5. The draft-animals are then detached from the wagon and driven down the floor of the sled 32. The handle 22 of the rock-shaft 2l is operated to raise the chock-arm 18, so that thc head thereof will abut against the front axle of the wagon or some other convenient point, and the tongue is supported upon the arm 2G. Suitable power is now applied to the cables 28, which will cause the two sets of pivoted standards 2t and 25 to assume an approximately vertical position, and lthereby elevate the platform, and incidentally the wagon, to a point opposite the trough lf-L, the pivoted catch automatically engaging its strike to retain the parts in the position just described. The end-gate of the wagon can now be raised so as to cause the contents to be deposited into the trough 14.-, from which said contents will be emptied into the chute l2 or 13, as may be found desirable, and from whence the grain or other matter may be conveyed to a car, bin, or other suitable receptacle provided for its reception. After the grain or other matter has been conveyed from the wagon to the proper receptablc the operator may lower the wagon by pulling upon the cord 3l to release the pivoted catch 2t), and the wagon may pass down the inclined door of the sled 32 and away from ythe hoist.

In order that others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may make and use the same, I have specifically described the construction thereof, although I reserve the right to make such slight changes and alterations as might suggest themselves from time to time and which come within the scope of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

I claiml. In a device of the character described, the combination with the auxiliary sled or skid and a portable base; of the verticallyadjustable wagon-supporting platform carried by said base, a hinged @hooking-arm positioned on the platform and adapted to engage the front axle of the wagon, a tonguesupport also positioned on the platform, and a plurality of chutes carried by the base into which the contents of a wagon positioned on the platform is adapted to empty.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a suitable base; ofa platform adapted to be adjusted to a predetermined position above the base, and means for holding said 'platform in its adjusted position, a hinged checking-arm carried by the platform and positioned intermediate the sides thereof, a rock-shaft for throwing said arm in and out of engagement with the wagon, a tongue-support positionedn thc platform and adjacent the checking-arm.

In a device of the character described, the combination with a suitablebase; of two sets of pivoted standards secured thereon, said standards being adapted to be raised in a Vertical position or lowered upon the base, a plurality of transverse strips connecting one set of standards to form a flooring when said standards are folded on the base, a wagon-carrying platform secured to both sets of standards and adapted to be raised therebyon a higher plane than the base, avertical trough-support carried by the baseinto which a wagon on the platform is adapted to empty, and two oppositely-disposed inclined chutes positioned adjacent the trough and adapted to alternately receive the cont-ents thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH D. BIRKY.

Witnesses:

W. M. STEWART, GEORGE EICHELBERGER. 

